ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homo Erectus, Solo River, Solo Man
11 Sep 2015
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Homo erectus stopped in asia, but modern humans moved into siberia and the new world! In java, homo erectus stayed from 1. 8 million years ago to 0. 1 m. y. a. In ngandong (solo river) 546,000-143,000 years ago! Separates animals and plants of australia with those of s. e. asia! In order to reach australia, you have to cross it! Sea level was 100-150 meters lower millions of years ago because of glaciers! H. e. were in java and flores so they would have had to cross to get to australia and new. 2 migration routes (1 from java, 1 from flores)! Giant elephant, giant rats, pigmy elephants, giant stork, kimono dragons! At ling bua homo florensis discovered: 94,000-13,000 y. a. Very common from small animals to become big, and big animals to become small on isolated islands! Fancy tools were made by homo sapiens and homo florensis much before homo erectus! Nauwalabila i: tools found 60,000 and 53,000 y. a.
